Verizon Blames Rats for Phone Problems

Many Verizon landline customers experienced an outage Tuesday of up to five hours, after rats ate through cables in the Orange County town of Eatonville, Verizon officials said.

By Clifford ParodyThe Ledger

Many Verizon landline customers experienced an outage Tuesday of up to five hours, after rats ate through cables in the Orange County town of Eatonville, Verizon officials said.Verizon Media Relations Manager Bob Elik said that a rat nest was discovered in an aerial cable splicing case. Elik said the rats could have affected cell traffic and internet services. The number of customers affected is unclear.Elik expected phone and Internet service to have been restored by 7 p.m. Tuesday, but said crews were scheduled to work throughout the night to permanently fix the problem. 911 was not affected by the service failur